The crisis in the Gaza Strip is hitting home for many people, and on Tuesday, around 1,000 people gathered in Boston’s Copley Square to call for an end to the violence in the Middle East…

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“I think increasingly that that’s an implausible hope – and that’s a very sad thing to say, because if there is no realistic prospect of a two-state solution, then the kind of violence that we see ongoing today is probably going to happen again next year and the year after that.”

The high-profile trial of several former Massachusetts probation department officials continue Monday when a legislative liaison from the department took the stand. Prosecutors are trying to show the hiring process was rigged…

Expert quote:

“Even though they might not get a prosecution on this or a legitimate guilty plea, I think it’s in voters minds this is something they want to get rid of. Kind of drain the swamp if you will.”